Lee Roy Dugas: Media reports can influence events

The news media, through continued reporting of evil events, tend to create more evil. These creations are not laws, but are very suggestive and thus create copy cats. Some minds will do anything, knowing they will make the headlines, dead or alive.

Two examples:

Years ago a man ran across a stadium naked, the news media carried this story for weeks thus causing many copy cats. Remember the Columbine shooting? I think the first.The news media is still bringing to light this episode, and as more killings take place, the media are relentless in reporting them. Does not adverting sell products? Although media suggestions are not binding, they nevertheless create.

On the other hand, the Supreme Court, although split on Obamacare, five opinions say yes and five say no, leaving the decision to one man, whatever he decides is binding to all citizens. The Obamacare was deemed constitutional by using a loophole that had absolutely nothing to do with the intent of the law, and against the majority of the people, yet binding to all. I always thought that decisions by the Supreme Court were made according to facts, not opinions, how can something be 50 percent right and at the same time 50 wrong?